Federal

Dyer, Sub-pattern II

 

DIAMETER:  6.9 inches
GUN: Rifled 42-pounder Smoothbore, 7-inch Caliber
LENGTH: -
WEIGHT: -
CONSTRUCTION: Common Shell
SABOT: -  Lead Cup - Missing
FUZING: -  Wooden Fuze Plug, Paper Time Fuze

An example of the projectile shown in Figure 77, without the lead sabot, showing the heavily undercut and tenoned base peculiar to the Dyer system.